vouchers, subsidies or scholarships

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DETAILED INFORMATION

CONTEXT

Country United States
GDP per capita 53,772

INTERVENTION

Implementation year 2012
Implementer Government
Duration (months) 9
Cost In 2014 the average voucher paid $5,311
Intervention details Students received vouchers to attend eligible private schools or high-performing public schools; average voucher paid $5546

METHODOLOGY

Evaluation design Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition Individual

REFERENCES

Study Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Parag Pathak, and Christopher Walters. "School Vouchers and Student Achievement: First-Year Evidence from the Louisiana Scholarship Program." National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper no. 21839 (2015).

EFFECTS

Sample Outcome Test Source Table Observations Statistics on Effects%2%
Grades 6, 8 Math iLEAP 6 583 583 Coeff: -20.70; SE: 11.00; SD: 100.00
Grades 6, 8 Language iLEAP 6 584 584 Coeff: 13.50; SE: 8.00; SD: 100.00
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